NO SELF TO FIND - Lama Dawa's Commentary

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Commentary voice-over work: Lama Dawa Zangpo
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"Form is not self. Feeling is not self. Perception is not self. Mental formations are not self. Consciousness is not self."
-The Buddha, in the Samyutta Nikaya

Lama Dawa Zangpo’s Commentary:
In Buddhist analysis of what makes up a person, the teachings are that we have form, feeling, perception, mental formations such as thoughts or emotions, and then consciousness itself. These are the components or constituents of what we call a self. And yet the Buddha here is telling us that none of these by themselves or together constitute a self. This is our teaching on the emptiness or unfindability of apparent phenomena, and when applied to search for a self, which is what suffers, it is unfindable. This is deep philosophy and has profound implications for our spiritual practice.

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